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ProjectCollection.LoadProject Method (XmlReader)

Evaluates a project from the source code read from the given XML reader. The source code is evaluated with the global properties and tools version of this project collection.

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Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.Evaluation
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build (in Microsoft.Build.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function LoadProject ( _
    xmlReader As XmlReader _
) As Project
public Project LoadProject(
    XmlReader xmlReader
)
public:
Project^ LoadProject(
    XmlReader^ xmlReader
)
member LoadProject : 
        xmlReader:XmlReader -> Project
public function LoadProject(
    xmlReader : XmlReader
) : Project

Parameters

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Project
Returns the new project.

Remarks

The project is added to this project collection when either this project or the given project root is given the full path to a project file.

In the MSBuild versions that were delivered with .Net 4.5 and Visual Studio 12.0, you must call UnloadProject before the ProjectCollection goes out of scope.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ProjectCollection Class

LoadProject Overload

Microsoft.Build.Evaluation Namespace